THREE men have appeared before magistrates today in connection with the attempted murder of a Coventry police officer.

PC Mo Swinscoe was allegedly run down by a stolen car in the grounds of Walsgrave Hospital on Wednesday.

Keith Riley, aged 19, of Seagrave Road, Stoke is charged with the attempted murder of the 29-year-old officer.

Riley is jointly charged with Warren Lee Davis, 18, of Lansdowne Street, Hillfields, and Gary Peter Morrissey, 18, of no fixed address, with the aggravated vehicle taking of a Ford Escort on Wednesday, July 11.

He also faces charges of taking without the owner?s consent, a RoverMetro on the same day and a Vauxhall Cavalier on July 4.

He is also accused of failing to stop after, and failure to report, an accident, the arson of the Ford Escort, and driving with no insurance.

Morrissey and Davis are also charged with two counts of allowing themselves to be carried in a vehicle knowing it to be stolen.

They have been remanded in custody until Monday, July 23 to appear at Coventry Crown Court.